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04-05-2022 | 11:40 AM

First trial flight using GAGAN

• Recently, the Airports Authority of India successfully conducted a trial through GAGAN- the latest indigenous satellite-based augmentation system.
• IndiGo became the first airline in Asia that used the indigenously developed satellite-based navigation system while landing at the Kishangarh airport, Rajasthan.
• GAGAN which is an acronym of GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation, is a Satellite-Based Augmentation System.
• GAGAN has been jointly developed by the ISRO and the AAI.
• The GAGAN Signal-In-Space is available via the GSAT-10 and GSAT-8 satellites.
• This system provides corrections to the global positioning system signal to improve the management of air traffic.